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Definition of Euphorbia
1. Noun. Type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Spurge, Caper Spurge, Euphorbia Lathyris, Mole Plant, Myrtle Spurge, Devil's Milk, Euphorbia Helioscopia, Sun Spurge, Wartweed, Wartwort, Devil's Milk, Euphorbia Peplus, Petty Spurge, Euphorbia Caput-medusae, Euphorbia Medusae, Medusa's Head, Euphorbia Corollata, Flowering Spurge, Tramp's Spurge, Wild Spurge, Euphorbia Marginata, Ghost Weed, Snow-in-summer, Snow-on-the-mountain, Cypress Spurge, Euphorbia Cyparissias, Euphorbia Esula, Leafy Spurge, Wolf's Milk, Euphorbia Hirsuta, Hairy Spurge, Christmas Flower, Christmas Star, Euphorbia Pulcherrima, Lobster Plant, Mexican Flameleaf, Painted Leaf, Poinsettia, Euphorbia Heterophylla, Japanese Poinsettia, Mole Plant, Paint Leaf, Euphorbia Cyathophora, Fire-on-the-mountain, Mexican Fire Plant, Painted Leaf, Euphorbia Amygdaloides, Wood Spurge, Candelilla, Euphorbia Antisyphilitica, Dwarf Spurge, Euphorbia Exigua, Euphorbia Fulgens, Scarlet Plume, Cactus Euphorbia, Euphorbia Ingens, Naboom, Christ Plant, Christ Thorn, Crown Of Thorns, Euphorbia Milii, Euphorbia Dentata, Toothed Spurge
Definition of Euphorbia
1. n. Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice. Some of them are armed with thorns. Most of them yield powerful emetic and cathartic products.
Definition of Euphorbia
1. Noun. any plant of the genus ''Euphorbia''; the spurges ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euphorbia
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Medical Definition of Euphorbia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphorbia
Literary usage of Euphorbia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"euphorbia maculata; stem procumbent, spreading flat on the ground, ... It delights
in the same kind of soil as the euphorbia hypericifolia, and, ..."
2. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Collections, however, have been made recently in the United States both upon
introduced and native species of euphorbia. These collections, which Dr. JC ..."
3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Boiss. in D C. Prodr. 15 : Part 2, 73 (1862). euphorbia dentata var. ...
euphorbia Geyeri Engelm. Ov Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 260 (1845). 2489. ..."
4. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Naked thorny euphorbia, with long fingle Spine?, producing Flowers at their ...
Smooth euphorbia, with Leaves placed op- polite, and the Flowers growing in ..."
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